Williams says he’s ‘sorry’ for drop in New Orleans

Even though he said he was sorry, Cowboys WR Roy Williams didn’t seem to be too broken up over the crucial third-down drop he had in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s 24-17 win over the Saints.

Williams had position on the defender when he failed to hold onto a slant pass on a drive that could have allowed Dallas to extend a 24-10 lead. The former Texas standout finished with only one catch for 14 yards.

“I’m cool. I dropped a ball. Sorry. I will make it up this next game. Sorry, it happens sometimes,” Williams told reporters Tuesday in Irving. “I’m not a guy that loses confidence in my hands or whatever, I still feel like I have the best hands in this league. You got to feel that way. It happens. It happens to the best of them.”

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones hinted on his weekly radio show that he was disappointed Williams had the drop in New Orleans.

“We want our best players, when given an opportunity, to make plays,” Jones said.

For the season, Williams has just 37 catches for 592 yards.

“That’s like the first four or five games, the stats I got,” Williams said. “This is Week 15. Like I said, we’re 9-5, so it’s whatever.”